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Socred ‘economies’ strangling

Pro-Rec, says NELY leader

Education Minister Tillie Rol-
ston’s remark that Pro-Rec is “an

octopus around the government’s +-

neck” brought an agry retort this
week from Ernie Lawrie, B.C. sec-
retary of National Federation of
Labor Youth. “The fact is that
Social Credit is the octopus crush-
ing the life out of Pro-Rec,” wrote
Lawrie in a letter to Mrs. Rolston.

“Instead of welcoming the heal-
thy growth of organized recreation
in B.C. as a needed and vital part
of the life of the province (in
spite of the small allotments grant-
ed in past budgets) you slander the
idea of government sponsored re-
creation and declare that you can’t
see why the people can’t pay their
own way in recreation,’ Lawrie
said in his letter.

“But how can it be that the gov-
ernment should have no interest
in sponsoring sports for youth?”
the letter continued. “At present,
plans are going ahead for the
spending of thousands of dollars
for a new Borstal Home on Van-
couver Island. Oakalla is jammed.
Juvenile delinquency is on the
rise. Yet you say, ‘Let them pay
their own way.’ This means that
youth are expected to provide
their own swimming pools, tracks,
gymnasiums and equipment from
their own resources. This is non-
sense!

“The last Olympics showed that
those countries contributing to or-

One effect of Social Credit administration.

ganized sports programs are on
their way to the top in athletics.
Hungary, with a population of nine
million, came third; Canada with
a population of 14 million came
23rd. One of the main reasons
for Hungary’s success is that she
spends $25 million, or just under

Vancouver city jail
‘utter disgrace’ says

John Howard Society

Vancouver city jail was called
“an utter disgraee for any city”
in a report released recently ;by
the board of, John Howard Society.
The jail was termed “indicative
of insufficient concern about the
humane aspects of incarceration.”

Speaking of the prison waiting
room (for court) and the stairway
leading to -it, the report said:

“The stair well is a hazard of
the worst type, no matter how it
is viewed. No lighting is provid-
ed and it is extremely narrow and
extremely steep. In order| for
members of this committee to pass
down these stairs, it was necessary
to be furnished with a flashlight,

yet this passageway is in regular
use by persons least able to navi-
gate safely. /

“The stairway leads down to an
anteroom from which the prisoner
enters the court (from the jail)
and in which the prisoner must
wait, on occasions, for a consider-
able length of time before his case
is heard. For all intents and pur-
poses, this room is nothing better
than a dungeon with one small
light set in a very high ceiling.

“There are no windows, no
open doors, no ventilation of any
kind. We are advised that con-
ditions became so_ intolerable
that on occasions men actually
* faint.

“The toilet facilities is one old
tin bucket set in a corner of that
same room in plain view of all,
for whatever use it may be called

~ upon to serve.”

The report condemned total
‘lack of ventilation and bathing
facilities in the jail, and society
president J. N. Robertson said:

“We are very. concerned that
the program of a new public safe-
ty building apparently makes no
provision whatever for improve-
ment of jail conditions.

“We would like to point out
that recognition of the simple hu-
manities requires that provision
be made to greatly improve the
conditions under which arrested
men and women are held.

“To allow these primitive and
totally inhumane conditions to
continue is to the complete dis-
credit of all persons who share
responsibility for a new building
program.

“We are interested in the hu-
mane treatment| of the arrested
offender regardless of his station
in life and we find it difficult to
understand how a man can be

receptive to rehabilitation when
he has been. subjected to such
heartless~ indignities.”

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$3 per year per person on sports,
while the federal grant in Canada
is one and one-half cents per
year per person.

“B.C. allotment for sports in
the new budget together with.
the federal contribution is $95,-
000 for more than one million
people, or about 10 cents per
year per person. How can this
pittance for sports be justified
while huge Yankee corporations
are taking millions out of this
province without contributing
to the interests of the people?

“As education minister you
should protect the interests of the
people, not the corporations. You
stated on April 29 that Pro-Rec
is ‘an octopus around the govern-
ment’s neck.’ The fact is that
Social Credit is the octopus crush-
ing the life out) of Pro-Rec! Youth
will not take lightly your attack
on their rights. Pro-Rec was won
by active youth struggle and will
be maintained the same way.

“The National Federation of
Labor Youth will join with all
other youth in a movement to
block this Tory-inspired denial of
their interests. Restore the cut
in Pro-Rec!”

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LPP nominates

in Centre,

Nigel Morgan announced this

| week that the Labor-Progressive

party had been allotted two broad-
casts in the CBC’s current free-
time series.

The arrangement for free-time
political broadcasts is now: Social
Credit 6, CCF 6, Liberals 5, Pro-
gressive Conservatives 5, LPP 2
and Christian Democrats 2.

Excluded from the original free-

| time series, the LPP was given
radio time when it gave assur-

ance that it would have between
20 and 24 candidates in the field
and demanded inclusion under the
provisions of the CBC White Paper
on political broadcasts.

A similar application for free-
time broadcasts in the expected
federal election has been made by
Leslie Morris, LPP national fed-
eral election manager.

The LPP provincial broadcasts
will be heard over the CBC prov-
incial network and associated sta-

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